Dean Elias : An Invitation to Awaken
Thank you for jolting me out of my comfortable patterns of reflecting on gender, relationship, and love. While your theoretical and psychological frames are creatively provocative, I equally appreciate learning from your self-discoveries on the path to intimacy, and your stories from others. I now see how I still unconsciously assume that intimate relationships take shape as one plus one is one – I find my other half – while a mature relationship in our world takes shape as one plus one is three – we help each embrace our wholeness, and create a new context for relating. I appreciate your challenges for all of us – e.g. the meaning of commitment in an era of constant change. I am inspired to experiment with the practical frames you offer for self examination – e.g. Whole-Person love. I feel sure that each of us who is open to having our assumptions challenged will be delighted both by the philosophical challenges and the psychological reframing you offer. Thanks for inspiring new experiences of aliveness.
Gerard M Senehi: Penetrating Insights Into One of the Most Complex Issues
The world of gender and love is indeed changing so rapidly and we are left without a guidebook for what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman or what it means to be human. And that confusion seems insurmountable. When we hear offers of solution usually they do so by reducing the complexity to an either/or answer. Dr. Johnston takes us beyond the simplistic understanding by stepping back and bringing a bigger lens on the whole topic. This is an important book not only because it provides insights into an area that leads to so much confusion, but also because it makes sense of our human experience, taking us beyond our either/or ideas that limit the intimacy that is possible.
Teresa Piddington: A Gift for Giving
I really enjoyed reading this book. I settled right into the ideas and found them to be accessible, clear, and well organized … This is a book that I will gift to my children, nieces, and nephews, as they begin to navigate the process of creating intimate adult relationships. Thank you!!!
Larry Hobbs: Another Gift of Wisdom from Dr. Johnston
As in his previous books and articles, Dr. Johnston gives us a map we can use to move forward into new territory; this time into the vast expanse of intimacy, gender and love. It is a huge territory and its exploration requires the new skills, ideas and wisdom set forth in this book. I especially appreciate his wholly systemic approach that avoids the pitfalls of thinking, action and polarization that characterize our times. This book is a must read for anyone (regardless of gender or sexual orientation) who wishes to embrace a more mature holding of the unfolding evolution of intimacy.
Rick A. Jackson: Intimacy With Real Aliveness
Dr. Johnston writes, “When we need something to be different from what is true, we inevitably create pain.” This is a small book with big and timely ideas. Leaving stagnant clichés behind, it shows how to take responsibility for love in our gender-bending times. From the most personal to the broadest cultural levels, it provides guidance for living more creative, courageous—and yes, intimate—lives.
Dan Senour: Relationship Is Changing In Out Time
I found this book very helpful. Dr Johnston explains how relationship has evolved and where it might be going. He notes how relationship has changed with ourselves as well as with others. And he explains how intimacy in the future is likely to be possible only to the degree that we develop greater maturity in how we understand and relate. Dr Johnston includes some powerful stories as examples. This is a book for our times. Be sure to spend some time with it.